Image: University of Sydney. ... These colonies—the only all-female termites known to exist—likely came into existence last century, the result of one lineage interbreeding with another, ...

Adult Female Chimpanzee Termite-Fishing with Offspring (IMAGE) ... Credit. Image courtesy of Kara Walker (North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC). Usage Restrictions. None. License.

The female termites reproduced via asexual reproduction, a process where offspring are produced by a single organism. ... Dan Kitwood/Getty Images News/Getty Images.

There are obviously lots and lots of species in the animal kingdom that require both a male and female for reproduction, but not all of them. Asexual reproduction is a well-documented natural pheno… ...

Ants and honey bees have been observed reproducing without males before, and now all-female termite colonies join the asexual group. chyball/iStock At only a few millimeters in length, their soft ...

Termites form complex societies like bees and ants do, but with a crucial difference: Unlike the mostly-female bee and ant colonies, termites usually have a 50/50 mix of males and females.

Certain female termites decide they don’t need no stinkin’ males to reproduce. ... 2018 8:00PM EDT. Image: treegrow. If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, ...

Male termite pairs will make nests, just as heterosexual termite couples do. (Image credit: Nobuaki Mizumoto) When male termites are single, and no female mates can be found, ...